Tool Use and the Model Context Protocol
Giving Claude tools: tool definitions, the tool-use loop, server tools, and building and connecting MCP servers.
CLA-202 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Claude Certification Prep
Course content
- 1How tool use worksComing
- 2Writing good tool definitionsComing
- 3The tool-use loop in codeComing
- 4Parallel and sequential tool callsComing
- 5Forcing and controlling tool choiceComing
- 6Server tools: web search, code execution and moreComing
- 7What the Model Context Protocol isComing
- 8Building an MCP serverComing
- 9Resources, prompts and tools in MCPComing
- 10Connecting MCP servers to ClaudeComing
- 11Tool security and permissionsComing
- 12Lab walkthrough: a tool-using assistantComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Giving Claude tools: tool definitions, the tool-use loop, server tools, and building and connecting MCP servers.